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UNITED STATES PATENT OFEIcE.

CHARLES EDGAR CLARK, OF CLAY CENTRE, OHIO.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,803, dated May 31, 1887.

Application filed December 15, 1886.- Scrial No. 221,670. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be itknown that 1, CHARLES EDGAR CLARK, a'citizen of the United States, residing at Clay Centre, in the county of Ottawa and State of Ohio, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Door-Hangers, of which thefollowing is a specification. 4

My invention relates to an improvement in door-hangers,and has for its objects the provision of a hanger which cannot be thrown off the track, and also the provision of a track which will not become warped and twisted by the condition of the weather. I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is an elevation of a barn-door provided with my improved hanger. Eig. 2 is a section on line as a Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detached detail view of my hanger.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters denote corresponding parts in all the figures, A is a hanger, having the ears B and the vertical tapering strengthening-rib C east therewith, said ears having perforations D,for the reception of screws to fasten said hanger to the door E. The hanger A has formed integrally therewith a U-shaped bracket portion, I, partly embedded in the upper edge of the door, as shown.

K is a roller or sheave having the groove on the periphery thereof, which roller isjournale'd on an axle, L, rigidlysecured at its ends in the hanger A and the vertical arm of the U-shaped bracket I, the roller thus coming between the bracket and the hanger.

M is a round rod of iron, forming the track for the roller Kto travel upon. Said rod M is provided at one end with the integral bolthead N and at the other with the nut 0, se-

cured upon the screw-threaded end P of the railrod M. The ends of the rod M are received in brackets Q, composed of the base-plate R, secured to the frame of the door by the screws r, and the integral arm or lug S,'projecting outwardly from the center of the base-plate R, and having an opening through which to pass the bar M to secure it in place.

The operation of my invention is very simple, and will be readily understood from the foregoing description..

It will be seen that by the construction of the device it is impossible to throw or lift the door from the track, or cause a stoppage in the action of any of the parts. The rod passing under the roller and between it and the U-shaped bracket I of the hanger prevents the roller from moving to either, side and becoming jammed or displaced. The U-shaped portion I, being embedded in the upper edge of the door, is sustained from direct strain and held from lateral play.

The round metal rod M for a track, sup-- ported in the brackets Q, is an improvement over the old forms, as changes in the weather (10 not affect it, as they do tracks which are supported on a wooden frame work.

The means employed to produce these desirable results are also very simple and cheap and easily applied.

The rod-track being arranged to nearly close the space between the U shaped bracket and the hanger prevents the roller from jumping the track. 1

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The combination of the fixed plates having the supporting-lugs, a door, a rod fitted in the lugs and arranged in a plane in rear of the outer face of the door, a hanger affixed to the outer side of the door and having an integral bracket-arm, I, projecting from its rear face and resting on and'partially embedded at its base in the upper edge of the door, said'bracket-arm terminating in the plane of the upper end of the bracket and arranged out of contact therewith to leave an intermediate space that is open at the top between the opposing faces of the bracket and arm, 'an axle supported in the bracket and arm above the fixed rod, and a roller fitted on the axle and between the arm and bracket and traveling on the rod, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing'as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES EDGAR CLARK.

Witnesses:

(Em. A. WHITNEY, J r. \Vtvt. Hunters. 

